1. Using the Learners’ Talents in Balanced Literacy Language Arts K - 3 Governor’s Urban Academy at Muhlenberg College June 23 - 28, 2002 Dr. Margaret L. Benson

2. The Pennsylvania Standards 1.2 Reading Critically in All Content Areas 1.3 Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature 1.5 Quality of Writing 1.8 Research

3. Traditional View of Intelligence ä Verbal-Linguistic & Math-Logical ä Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale ä Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test ä mental age/chron. Age ä times 100 ä WISC

4. Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner ä Brain research ä Theory in progress ä Frames of the Mind (1983) ä Probe beyond the traditional

5. What Type of Learner Are You? As a child ä Favorites outside school ä Favorite subject in school ä Favorite teacher - because ä You were intelligent in _____ ä School would have been better if __________ ä You decided you wanted to be a teacher because _______

6. Eight + Ways of Being Smart ä Verbal-Linguistic ä Math-Logical ä Spatial ä Bodily-Kinesthetic ä Musical ä Interpersonal ä Intrapersonal ä Naturalist

7. Spatial ä Strong in: ä maps, puzzles ä Likes to: ä design, create, looks at pictures ä Learns best through: ä visualizing ä Famous examples: ä Pablo Picasso ä Frank Lloyd Wright

8. Bodily-Kinesthetic ä Strong in: ä acting, ä Likes to: ä move around, touch and feel ä Learns best through: ä touching, processing through senses ä Famous examples: ä Charlie Chaplin ä Martina Navratilova

9. Musical ä Strong in: ä singing, rhythms ä Likes to: ä sing, hum, listen to music ä Learns best through: ä rhythm, melody ä Famous examples: ä Leonard Bernstein ä Ella Fitzgerald

10. Intrapersonal ä Strong in: ä understanding self, setting goals ä Likes to: ä work alone, reflect ä Learns best through: ä doing self-paced projects ä having own space ä Famous examples: ä Eleanor Roosevelt ä Sigmund Freud

11. Using the Learners’ Talents ¤ Pennsylvania Standards ¤ Multiple Intelligences ¤ Balanced Literacy

12. Balanced Literacy Six Aspects Ownership of Literacy Reading Comp.Writing Process (Reader’s Workshop) (Writers’ Workshop) Language and Vocabulary Knowledge Word Reading and Spelling Strategies Voluntary Reading (Au, Carroll, & Scheu, p. 4)

13. Balanced Literacy Six Aspects of Literacy J Full process J Authentic context J Reading and writing J Speaking and listening J Community of learners

14. Balanced Literacy Positive Attitudes towards Literacy J Part of their daily routine J Affective side as important as cognitive J Accomplishment of real-world tasks J The will as well as the skill J Responsibility for their own learning J Control over their lives in school J Teacher’s responsibility to guide

15. Balanced Literacy Reader Response Theory Louise Rosenblatt J Transaction between reader and text J Aesthetic J reading for the sake of reading J attention on what she/he is living while reading J Efferent J what should be retained

16. Balanced Literacy Lev Vygotsky: J Guided and paced by a more capable person (Zone of Proximal Development - ZPD) J Enable the child to actively participate J Support from someone who knows the child

17. Balanced Literacy Practical Implications J Use heterogeneous grouping J Give students choices of the texts they will read and discuss J Base discussions on students’ responses to the text, not preset teacher questions J Take the role of a facilitator rather than question-asker

18. Balanced Literacy Writing J Construct meaning J Communicate a message J Choose self-selected topics J See themselves as authors J Dynamic, nonlinear process

19. Balanced Literacy Writing J Shared Writing J Interactive Writing J Guided Writing J Independent Writing

20. Balanced Literacy Writing Process Planning Drafting Revising Editing Publishing

21. Balanced Literacy Reading J Read-Aloud J Guided Reading J Shared Reading J Independent Reading

22. Balanced Literacy Continuum of Reading Strategies Teacher Read Alouds Sustained Silent Reading Literature Discussion Groups Guided Discussion Guided Reading Shared Reading K 1 2 3 4 5 6 (Au, Carrol, Scheu, p. 79)

23. Balanced Literacy Writing J Shared Writing J Interactive Writing J Guided Writing J Independent Writing Reading J Read-Aloud J Guided Reading J Shared Reading J Independent Reading